
An Unexpected Oasis
An industrial factory looms over a developed landscape. Parking lots littered with cars overlook a river surrounded by concrete and an uncrowded bike path. The whir of factory noise is harmoniously accompanied by the hum of a highway in the distance. Oil rigs are drilling nearby. Plastic bags and debris circle in the eddies created by the factories outflows. A red tailed hawk circles above as a snowy egret surveys the rivers rocky banks. Suddenly, a circular head the size of